Luffing

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Present participle of luff: turning a vessel's bow towards the wind so that the sail's forward edge begins to flap.

“The skipper was luffing deliberately to slow the boat before the mark.”

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Synonyms

heading upweathering

Antonyms

bearing awaygybing

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Wordle

Contains double F before the ING ending, a nautical term unlikely in standard Wordle

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Scrabble

Scores around 14 points and the double F gives 8 points combined making this a strong play

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Words one letter different

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buffing cuffing duffing huffing

Words you can make from Luffing

Shorter words formed from the letters in “luffing”.

fluing fingu fling flung fungi funli gliff inglu lungi guff gulf gunl iglu infl ling luff lung niff ugli

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